Police: Las Vegas man arrested in Kingman with $2 million

worth of meth
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November 22,
2019

Mohave County Sheriff���s Office

A vehicle pulled over in Kingman, Arizona, produced three boxes with 43 pounds
of methamphetamine.

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez (contact)

Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 | 6:25 p.m.

A Las Vegas man was arrested after being found Thursday in possession of about $2 million
worth of methamphetamine in nearby Kingman, Arizona, according to the Mohave County
Sheriff’s Office.

Israel Tellez-Nava, 35, was pulled over on Interstate 40 in Kingman, Arizona, about 8 p.m.,
the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook.

Task force detectives saw “bundles” of meth in “plain view” when they peered into the
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vehicle and arrested Tellez-Nava, the sheriff’s office said. A more careful look through the
vehicle produced three boxes with 43 pounds of the drug, with an estimated total street
cost of $1.9 million, the sheriff’s office said.

Tellez-Nava, the lone occupant, was arrested on two counts of transportation of dangerous
drugs for sale and one count of possession of dangerous drugs — all felonies.

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